The Perfect Storm Author:Sebastian Junger "Like victims of a perfect crime, readers of The Perfect Storm are first seduced into caring for the book's doomed characters, then compelled to watch them carried into the maw of a meteorological hell. And all the while, Sebastian Junger's compassionate, intelligent voice instructs us effortlessly on the sea life of the swordfisherman, the phy... more »sics of a sinking steel ship, and the details of death by drowning. It is a terrifying, edifying read." -Dava Sobel, Author of Longitude« less